XvT-DB 9: The Shadow Academy: Dark Fury
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Battle Reviews
I played this version after playing the much superior XWA version, so my initial recommendation would be to play that instead. But that may be overtly harsh - it's a perfectly fine battle. Perhaps a bit too hard, but pretty well designed and plotted.
A decent plot with impressive fleet battles. Hellish missions bring it down.
My ninety-second battle in the TIE Corps.
Not much to say about this one. A little uninspired, and I am not entirely sure it really fits in the Dark Brotherhood theme of battles. I would have liked to have seen more Force or Sith theming within the missions themselves. Felt more like a traditional TIE Corps series of missions.
An excellent battle. Challenging, fun and straightforward, and features a nice minefield to clear up, plus some dogfighting, recon and capship bombing. Maybe not the best, but a solid, good-to-fly and simple, yet effective fun mission.
I played this mission on easy, so I probably can't give an unbiased review, but I found the missions pretty straightforward and easy. One mission saw my fellow DB pilots complete the mission without my assistance! At least the TIE/IN wasn't shielded in the first mission. That's a plus.
The difficulty of this battle depends only on the difficulty level that you're willing to play with. The problem is always completing the missions and not getting killed. Nevertheless, this battle serves its purpose as a training battle for the Dark Brotherhood. This battle also deserves a plus in rating for the communication messages, where what's important is the pilot's "expensive craft" and not the pilot himself.
The battle rather too easy, the player never really feels threatened, it not what one would expect of a Jedi battle. Some of the mission goals are far too easy to reach/obtain, and the placement of craft in other mission is rather annoying, and at seemingly time pointless.
Wow. What can I say! Awesome battle. Five Stars! :P Easy, but that was the intention.
Battle Bug Reports
2009-08-11
Mission 3: TIE Bomber group Sloth is referred to as a TIE Interceptor group in the briefing text, it also only attacks the Rebel FRGs Assault and not the STRKC Force. Gunboat group Rage only attacks the Rebel FRG Assault and ignores the STRKC Force. PLT/6 Shadow only attacks Rebel starfighters within range and not always attacking starships. FRG Ruin only attacks the Rebel STRKC Force and not the FRG group Assault or starfighters when in range. CRV Arcturus only attack Rebel X-wings when in range, unless fired upon. DREAD Dungeon only attacks Rebel FRGs Assault and not any other Rebel craft unless fired upon first.
Mission 4: TIE Bomber group Anger only attacks Rebel STRKC Slayer or ESC Snare, ignoring all other Rebel craft. Rebel X-Wing group Red only attack TIE Interceptor group Druid. Y-wings Gold only attack ISD Dominance. Y-wing group Blue only attacks ESC Forerunner or ISD Dominance. Rebel starships and platform only return fire instead of targeting all EH craft as soon as they enter firing range.
High Scores
| Battle Total: | 225,215 | LCM Vanguard88 | 2023-09-07 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission 1: | 55,960 | LCM Vanguard88 | 2023-09-07 |
| Mission 2: | 53,920 | LCM Vanguard88 | 2023-09-07 |
| Mission 3: | 45,039 | LCM Vanguard88 | 2023-09-07 |
| Mission 4: | 70,296 | LCM Vanguard88 | 2023-09-07 |
Top Ten
(of available records)
| 1 | 225,215 | LCM Vanguard88 | 2023-09-07 |
| 2 | 170,616 | COL Rau Aznable | 2005-03-08 |
| 3 | 170,028 | COL Vladet Xavier | 2003-08-11 |
| 4 | 150,404 | COL TK-7764 | 2003-05-01 |
| 5 | 137,730 | GN Dax Corrin | 2003-04-17 |
| 6 | 110,625 | MAJ Tuba | 2011-05-23 |
| 7 | 109,776 | SL Condar Freed | 2004-07-07 |
| 8 | 108,230 | MAJ VinDoros | 2003-04-15 |
| 9 | 101,346 | COL CrimsonFury | 2003-04-26 |
| 10 | 99,736 | MAJ Marcus Caine | 2003-12-04 |
Battle Completion Statistics
This battle has been flown by 88 pilots a total of 95 times.
GN Abel Malik - 2003-04-09
HA Anahorn Dempsey - 5 times, last on 2021-03-24
GN Andrzej Mezynski - 2005-01-12
AD Apophis Kuma - 2003-10-05
CM Arcanix - 2003-10-14
CM Benji Tandor - 2023-06-30
LC Choosh - 2003-04-09
LC Chris Cox - 2003-04-12
CPT Con Selar - 2003-08-13
SL Condar Freed - 2004-07-07
COL CrimsonFury - 2003-04-26
LC Curtis - 2004-07-21
AD Daniel Licinius Trajanus - 2003-04-11
CPT Dante - 2003-08-18
GN Dax Corrin - 2003-04-17
MAJ Delak Krennel - 2003-07-13
COL Drak - 2004-08-29
GN Dunta Polo - 2009-08-12
GN Exar Kit - 2003-04-06
LC Frey Gallandro - 2003-04-12
AD Gidda - 2005-01-17
COL Gyssler - 2015-03-17
AD Hav Antiel - 2020-09-15
MAJ Hermann - 2 times, last on 2021-10-27
MAJ Hunter - 2003-05-19
MAJ Jack Stone - 2003-05-31
CPT Jan Pieter - 2004-08-31
MAJ KEBLAOMEGA - 2023-12-03
LC Kenath Zoron - 2003-08-07
COL Locke Setzer - 2023-09-19
CPT Mad Max - 2003-04-26
CM Magnus Vader - 2004-07-05
COL Malidir - 2004-07-27
MAJ Marcus Caine - 2003-12-04
GN Mark Schueler - 2016-02-08
CM Michael K Starburst - 2003-07-04
COL Mouse Droid - 2004-07-04
COL Nightmare - 2003-04-06
HA Pete Mitchell - 2019-01-20
COL Phalk Sturm - 2 times, last on 2021-10-31
COL Phantom - 2003-04-06
MAJ Praetorian - 2003-06-15
AD Proton - 2003-04-15
COL Raith Sienar - 2005-03-11
AD Ranthier Khaen - 2003-08-10
COL Rau Aznable - 2005-03-08
CM Sabbath - 2003-10-19
COL Shae Kitane - 2003-06-06
LC Thorn - 2003-06-19
AD TK-2107 - 2003-04-21
COL TK-7764 - 2003-05-01
CM TK-9780 - 2003-04-09
GN Triji Boliv - 2022-07-05
MAJ Tuba - 2011-05-23
CPT Tvan'Oris - 2003-07-09
LCM Valjean - 2003-10-16
LCM Vanguard88 - 2023-09-07
MAJ VinDoros - 2003-04-15
COL Vladet Xavier - 2003-08-11
CPT Von Predator - 2004-07-25
CPT Wolve Excelsior Berkana - 2 times, last on 2023-09-30
MAJ Zhaim Jifarr - 2005-01-28
COL Zystem Fryar - 2003-06-15
Title: The Shadow Academy: Dark Fury Missions: 4 Medal: N/A Game Platform: X-Wing vs TIE Fighter Author: RSV/FA Darth Vader/M/FRG Phoenix/Reserves - TC #718 - quentinj@nmt.edu Required patches ---------------- * EH Ship Patch for XvT Installation instructions -------------------------- 1] Make sure you have the EH Ship Patch for XvT installed 2] Double click the .EHM file, the EH Battle Launcher will install the battle 3] Check the Misc folder in your XvT one for additional material like patches, sounds etc. 4] Press the X-wing vs TIE Fighter button on the EHBL to start the game 5] Create a new pilot and fly the Imperial training missions Description: See plotline.doc THIS LEVEL IS NOT MADE, DISTRIBUTED, OR SUPPORTED BY LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY. ELEMENTS TM & © LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY.